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Stability in Key Areas (SIKA)-West Final Report ACKU OCTOBER 2015 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by AECOM International Development. ACKU 2 Stability in Key Areas (SIKA)-West Final Report ACKU The authors’ views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. 3 Name of USAID Activity: Afghanistan Stability in Key Areas (SIKA)-West Name of Prime Contractor: AECOM International Development Total Funding: USD $54,000,000 (for base and option periods) Start Date: January 29, 2012 End Date: August 31, 2015 Geographic Locations: Farah Province: Farah Center, Bala Baluk, Pusht-e Rod, Khak-e-Safed, and Lash Wa Juwayn Herat Province: Pashtun Zarghun, Shindand, Kushk-e Rabat Sangi, Guzara, and Kohsan Badghis Province: Qadis, Muqur, and Qala-i-Naw Ghor Province: Chaghcharan, Shahrak, and Du Layna Overall Goals and Objectives: SIKA-West was an initiative led by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD) and the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG). The SIKA-West program was designed to promote stability in key areas by assisting provincial authorities and district-level government entities to improve governance programming and increase the provision of priority basic services. The intended result of SIKA-West was to increase citizen confidence in and support for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). Expected Results: • Provincial and District entities increasingly addressed sources of instability (community major problems) and take measures to respond to the population’s development and governance concerns. • Provincial and District entities understand what organizations and provincial line departments work within their geographic areas, what kind of services they provide, and how the population can access those services. • Provincial authorities improved their ability to communicate with district entities to help them better understand their population’s needs and prioritize basic delivery interventions. •ACKU Provincial authorities improved basic service delivery by using GIRoA, CDCs, DDAs, and ASOP DCCs, which gain capacity to plan, design, implement, and monitor projects, with a focus on labor- intensive projects or productive infrastructure. • Built and improved upon current administrative and service delivery knowledge and skill sets, that improve the effectiveness and resiliency of GIRoA and equip provincial and district partners with the tools necessary to address local government stabilization and governance objectives. • Gender mainstreaming programming was aligned with current IDLG, MRRD, and DoWA gender mainstreaming frameworks and guidelines and to be primarily focused on ensuring responsiveness to male and female district resident concerns with respect to basic service delivery. i Contents ACRONYMS III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 PROGRAM OVERVIEW 11 I. STABILIZATION 22 II. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 32 III. COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH 36 IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 42 V. GOVERNANCE 48 GENDER MAINSTREAMING 56 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 62 WAY FORWARD 68 ACKU CONTENTS ii Acronyms ANA Afghan National Army ANP Afghan National Police ANSF Afghan National Security Forces CCI Community Cohesion Initiative CDC Community Development Council CIDD Capacity Institutional Development Directorate CLDD Community Led Development Directorate CMP Community Major Problem COP Chief of Party DAIL Department of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDA District Development Assembly DDP District Development Portfolio DE District Entities DG District Governor DGO District Government Office DoE Department of Education DoH Department of Health DoLSA Department of Labor and Social Affairs DoPW Department of Public Works DoWA Department of Women’s Affairs DP District Profile DPP District Project Portfolio DRRD Directorate of Rural Rehabilitation and Development DSF District Stability Framework DSM District Stability Matrix DST District Support Team DSW District Social Worker FOG Fixed-Obligation Grant GPS Global Positioning System GIRoA Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ICMA International City/County Management Association ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IDLG Independent Directorate of Local Governance IL Implementation Letter ACKU IP Implementing Partner IR Intermediate Result KSW Komite Sobate Woleswali MISTI Measuring Impacts of Stabilization Intervention MoE Ministry of Education MRRD Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development NABDP National Area-Based Development Program NDS National Directorate Service NSP National Solidarity Program ODG Office of Democracy and vernanceGo OSC Overseas Strategic Consulting PDP Provincial Development Plan PE Provincial Entity PGO Provincial Government Office iii ACRONYMS PMP Performance Management Plan PMT Project Management Training PPA Project Priority Agreement PST Provincial Support Team SAM Stability Analysis Mechanism SIKA Stability in Key Areas SOI Source of Instability SPC Service Providers Catalogue SSM Sector Stability Meeting STAB-U Stabilization Unit STEP Social, Technical, Economic, and Political (Assessment) SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (Analysis) TCNs Third Country Nationals TCRC Tribal Conflict Resolution Committee USAID United States Agency for International Development In Western Afghanistan, the SIKA Program is referred to as “Sobat,” using the Dari word for stability. ACKU iv In Western Afghanistan, the ACKUSIKA Program is referred to as “Sobat,” using the Dari word for stability. Taimori, Mirzai and Zoori Tribal Leaders Embrace and End Their Conflict In Kushk Rabat-e Sangi District 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive Summary The SIKA-West program ran from January 29, 2012 to August SIKA-WEST PROGRAMMING 31, 2015. During this period, the program empowered 13 District Government Offices (DGOs) and associated line With the support of our national, provincial, and district departments, three Provincial Government Offices (PGOs) GIRoA partners, we moved forward to establish our and associated line departments, four Provincial Department stabilization and local governance programming. The pivot of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (DRRD) Offices, 16 point for all of our programming components was the Komite District Development Assemblies (DDAs), and more than 800 Sobate Woleswali (KSW), which is the Dari translation of Community Development Councils (CDCs) to take a leading District Stabilization Committee/Council. role in the development of local communities. Based on existing District Government–led forums (Shuras), The intended aim of SIKA-West was to improve local the KSW was designed to achieve multiple objectives: governance and stabilization efforts through increased • incorporate all district entities in one location so that citizen participation and service delivery. SIKA-West enabled all district leadership could participate in discussions on communities to identify and address drivers of instability significant community grievances within their districts and within their respective districts; improve local governance agree on steps that could be taken by local government efforts; recognize and apply available resources to address actors to address these grievances, reflecting an improved community needs; and increase the range, scope, and and responsive service delivery capability; effectiveness of communications between local government and district populations. SIKA-West also increased the • ensure full participation and perspective from both male stakeholder roles of both male in the management of grant and female district residents to maximize programming funded infrastructure and vocational service delivery. effectiveness; • publicize and promote local government responsiveness SIKA-West, in partnership with IDLG and MRRD, supported through improved communications and public outreach; our GIRoA partners to • enable GIRoA and District Entities to identify and utilize all • build and demonstrate increased internal capabilities to available existing resources; and address a range of “Community Major Problems” (CMPs)/ • support GIRoA-led multi-tiered monitoring and evaluation Sources of Instability (SOIs) within our target districts; efforts. • effectively identify and employ existing GIRoA resources in a resilient manner; • improve communications both internally within provincial and district GIRoA structures and externallyACKU between local PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT government and district populations; ENTITY PARTNERS • employ gender mainstreaming techniques to integrate both male and female perspectives—an approach required • 4 Provincial Government Offices for effective local governance and district development; • 4 Provincial DRRD Offices • build on existing PGO and DGO capacities and services to • 13 District Government Offices improve their reach and effectiveness; and finally, • 16 District Development Assemblies • oversee local government-led and managed district • 800+ Community Development Councils development programming. The support provided to our provincial and district GIRoA partners enabled them to positively impact 1,290,116 local residents within 16 selected districts of Farah, Ghor, Badghis, and Herat provinces during the life of the project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 PARTNERS LONG-TERM VISION To support the project’s broad programming goals, SIKA- Recognizing